The Brass Buddha

"The Brass Buddha" is one of fifteen short stories written by Leslie Charteris and included in the eleventh Saint book The Brighter Buccaneer published in 1933. It had previously been published in the newspaper Empire News.

Plot
Simon Templar encounters an unpleasant landlord who has a brass Buddha that he has to sell for £2,000 as a condition of receiving an inheritance. The Saint decides to take him up on that offer and finds himself at the centre of a near-perfect con game.